“You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort. And that is why we write.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“That hat looks ridiculous.”
“Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.”
― The Alloy of Law
“Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.”
― The Alloy of Law
“Bod said, 'I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of a desert island. I want to play football with people. I want,' he said, and then he paused and he thought. 'I want everything.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
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